inconsistent provision of law unless that provision of law specifically states that it supersedes regulations issued under this section.

TITLE VI-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

REDUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION

Sec. 601. 11 The total funds authorized to be appropriated in this Act (excluding funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 214 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) shall be reduced by 5 percent.

PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, AND CUBA 12

Sec. 602.11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, funds authorized to be appropriated in this Act shall not be used for any form of aid, either by monetary payment or by the sale or transfer of any goods of any nature, to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Cambodia, or Cuba.

REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON DEBT RELIEF AGREEMENTS

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(2) The Secretary of State shall transmit to such committees a copy of the text of any agreement with any foreign government which would result in any such debt relief no less than thirty days prior to its entry into force, together with a detailed justification of the interest of the United States in the proposed debt relief. The requirements of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to an agreement if a statutory requirement exists that the amount of the debt relief provided by the agreement may not exceed the amount approved for such purposes in advance in an appropriation Act.

(b) Section 4 of the Foreign Disaster Assistance Act of 1974 is repealed.

MISCELLANEOUS REPEALS

Sec. 604. Sections 302(d), 302(e), 302(f), 302(g), 302(h), 304, 494A, 495A, 618, 619, 637(a), 649, 651, 655, 656, 658, and 665, and chapters 6 and 7 of part I, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 are repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 605. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1978.

11 22 U.S.C. 2151 note.

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2 Uganda was struck from the section heading and from the list of countries in sec. 602 by Public Law 96-67 (93 Stat. 415).

13 22 U.S.C. 2395a.

14 Paragraph (1), which had required that the Secretary of State keep several congressional committees informed of negotiations with foreign governments with respect to any cancellation, renegotiations, rescheduling, compromise, or other form of debt relief for any debt owed to the United States, was repealed by sec. 734(a 5) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113, 95 Stat. 1560.).

s. International Security Assistance Act of 1978

Partial text of Public Law 95-384 [S. 3075], 92 Stat. 730, approved September 26, 1978, as amended by Public Law 97-113 [S. 1196], 95 Stat. 1519 at 1560, approved December 29, 1981

NOTE.-Except for the provisions noted below, the International Security Assistance Act of 1978 consists of amendments to the Arms Export Control Act, the FA Act of 1961, the FA Act of 1974, the International Security Assistance Act of 1977, the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976, the Mutual Security Act of 1954, the Foreign Military Sales Act Amendments, 1971, the Export Administration Act of 1969, and the Emergency Security Assistance Act of 1973.

AN ACT To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to authorize international security assistance programs for fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SHORT TITLE

Section 1. This Act may be cited as the "International Security Assistance Act of 1978".

UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

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Sec. 13. (a) Section 620(x) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be of no further force and effect upon the President's determination and certification to the Congress 2 that the resumption of full military cooperation with Turkey is in the national interest of the United States and in the interest of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and that the Government of Turkey is acting in good faith to achieve a just and peaceful settlement of the Cyprus problem, the early peaceable return of refugees to their homes and properties, and continued removal of Turkish military troops from Cyprus in the context of a solution to the Cyprus problem, and the

122 U.S.C. 2370 note.

2 Such determination and certification, dated September 26, 1978, was submitted to the Congress.

early serious resumption of inter-communal talks aimed at a just, negotiated settlement.

SPECIAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

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Sec. 23. (a)(1) The President is authorized until December 31, 1982

(A) to transfer, without reimbursement, to the Republic of Korea, only in conjunction with the withdrawal of the 2d Infantry Division and support forces from Korea, such United States Government-owned defense articles as he may determine which are located in Korea in the custody of units of the United States Army scheduled to depart from Korea; and

(B) to furnish to the Republic of Korea, without reimbursement, defense services (including technical and operational training) in Korea directly related to the United States Government-owned defense articles transferred to the Republic of Korea under this subsection.

(2) Any transfer under the authority of this section shall be made in accordance with all the terms and conditions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 applicable to the furnishing of defense articles and defense services under chapter 2 of part II of that Act, except that no funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated under that Act shall be available to reimburse any agency of the United States Government for any such transfer or related services.

(b) In order that transfers of defense articles under subsection (a) will not cause significant adverse impact on the readiness of the Armed Forces of the United States, the President is authorized, in lieu of such transfers, to transfer additional defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, wherever located, to the Republic of Korea to compensate for the military capability of defense articles withdrawn from Korea in any case where he determines that

(1) the transfer of specific defense articles located in Korea would have a significant adverse impact on the readiness of the United States Armed Forces;

(2) the defense capability provided by those defense articles is needed by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea in order to maintain the military balance on the Korean peninsula; and

3 Subsec. (b), which had required a report from the President concerning multilateral discussions with other arms suppliers on the issue of restraining the flow of conventional arms to developing countries, was repealed by sec. 734(a)(12) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113, 95 Stat. 1560). The President submitted this report to Congress on December 28, 1979.

422 U.S.C. 2428b.

(3) a comparable defense capability could be provided by less advance defense articles in the stocks of the Department of Defense which could be transferred without significant adverse impact on the readiness of the United States Armed Forces. The President shall report to the Congress each determination made under this subsection prior to the transfer of the defense articles described in such determination.

(c) The President shall transmit to the Congress, together with the presentation materials for security assistance programs proposed for each fiscal year through and including the fiscal year 1983, a report describing the types, quantities, and value of defense articles furnished or intended to be furnished to the Republic of Korea under this section.

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(e)(1) It is the sense of the Congress that further withdrawal of ground forces of the United States from the Republic of Korea may seriously risk upsetting the military balance in that region and requires full advance consultation with the Congress. (2) 6 * *

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UNITED STATES RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION

Sec. 24. (a) The Congress finds and declares that a sound and stable relationship with the Soviet Union will help achieve the objectives of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, strengthen the security of the United States, and improve the prospects for world peace.

(b) Therefore, it is the sense of the Congress that the President, in cooperation with the Congress and knowledgeable members of the public, should make a full review of United States policy toward the Soviet Union. This review should cover, but not be limited to

(1) an overall reevaluation of the objectives and priorities of the United States in its relations with the Soviet Union;

(2) the evolution of and sources of all bargaining power of the United States with respect to the Soviet Union and how that bargaining power might be enhanced;

(3) what linkages do exist and what linkages should or should not exist between various elements of United StatesSoviet relations such as arms control negotiations, human rights issues, and economic and cultural exchanges;

(4) the policies of the United States toward human rights conditions in the Soviet Union and how improved Soviet respect for human rights might be more effectively achieved;

5 Subsec. (d), which had required a report from the President 120 days prior to each phase of troop withdrawal from Korea regarding the viability of such withdrawal, was repealed by sec. 734(a)(12) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113, 95 Stat. 1560).

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• Paragraph (2), which had required a report from the President prior to any future withdrawals of U.S. ground forces from Korea concerning a number of issues which might be affected by the withdrawal, was repealed by sec. 734(a)(12) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113, 95 Stat. 1560).

7 22 U.S.C. 2151 note.

(c)

(5) the current status of strategic arms limitations talks and whether such talks should be continued in their present framework or terminated and renewed in some other forum;

(6) the current status of other arms control negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union;

(7) the challenges posed by Soviet and Cuban involvement in developing countries and a study of appropriate policy responses and instruments to meet those challenges more effectively;

(8) the impact of our relations with the People's Republic of China on our relations with the Soviet Union;

(9) the impact of strategic parity on relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and on the ability of the United States to meet its obligation under the North Atlantic Treaty;

(10) United States economic, technological, scientific, and cultural relations with the Soviet Union and whether those relations are desirable and should be continued, expanded, restricted, or linked to other aspects of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union;

(11) the evolution of Soviet domestic politics and the relationship between Soviet domestic politics and its foreign policy behavior, especially towards the United States; and

(12) what improvements should be made in the institutions and procedures of United States foreign policy in order to ensure a coherent and effective policy towards the Soviet Union.

REPORT ON REVIEW OF ARMS SALES CONTROLS ON NON-LETHAL ITEMS Sec. 25. 9 *

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UNITED STATES-REPUBLIC OF CHINA MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY

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Sec. 26. (a) The Congress finds that

(1) the continued security and stability of East Asia is a matter of major strategic interest to the United States;

(2) the United States and the Republic of China have for a period of twenty-four years been linked together by the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1954;

(3) the Republic of China has during that twenty-four-year period faithfully and continually carried out its duties and obligations under that treaty; and

(4) it is the responsibility of the Senate to give its advice and consent to treaties entered into by the United States.

(b) It is the sense of the Congress that there should be prior consultation between the Congress and the executive branch on any

8 Subsec. (c), which had required a report from the President concerning his review of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union as outlined in subsec. (b), was repealed by sec. 734(a)(12) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113, 95 Stat. 1560). The President submitted this report on January 4, 1979.

Sec. 25, which had required a report from the President on a review of arms sales control on non-lethal items, was repealed by sec. 734(a)(12) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113, 95 Stat. 1560). The President submitted this report to Congress on January 26, 1979.